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- 01 Jun 2017
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Supercharged
Institute estimating that autonomous vehicles will exert a global economic impact ranging from $200 billion to $1.2 trillion by 2025, there ought to be plenty of new players on the horizon. Moreover, ridesharing makes the cost easier to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Flying High
different routes. “We know our customers by name,” she says. “And in the future, I think that the expectation of all customers will be that airlines know who they are and offer more personalized service.” Subramanian estimates that the... View Details
Keywords: April White; aviation; airlines; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Air Transportation; Transportation
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Blockchain for Good
has advocated for more regulation, which hasn’t necessarily endeared her to other players in the space. But she says it’s necessary to bridge the gap between the blockchain sector and traditional financial networks—and to ultimately use the technology to afford the... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The First Five Years: Emmanuel Straschnov (MBA 2012)
users grow. Most of our users are nontechnical, and they weren't really part of the tech community until they discovered Bubble. Bubble is a way for them to get into the space, as it empowers them to build things online. And as it requires some learning––we View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Security Chief
executing the company’s core strategy: using technology to differentiate GE’s products in the marketplace. At an estimated $30 billion globally for high-tech security products, it’s a market with plenty of room for growth. Parker is... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Full Stream Ahead
high-water mark for the valuation of an individual artist’s catalog: more than $500 million, according to the New York Times. Estimates by Music Business Worldwide suggest that investors, including many of the biggest players in private... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Strange Bedfellows
estimates are that a 15 percent tax on reported GAAP profits would be revenue-neutral for the government. A tax with a lower rate on a more sensible base is a central lesson of economics. Legislators would also be restricted to changes in... View Details
- 11 May 2011
- News
In a Good Place
raised an estimated $7 million over the years for the five schools in its immediate area. No, Gehrke didn’t describe a burning ambition to run a flea market in her HBS admissions essay. “The path you start out on is certainly not always... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Clearing the Air
estimated ability to remove 40 million metric tons of CO2 from the atmosphere each year. Meanwhile, human activity adds about 51 billion tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere every year. The UN’s climate change commission, the... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- News
Carbon Neutral
revenue for economic assistance and conversion to cleaner energy. While the group hasn’t attached an exact figure to the amount of the tax, they estimate that it should start between $30 and $40 per ton, an amount that reflects the social... View Details
Keywords: Michael Blanding
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Robots Are Coming to Save Your Job
estimating that Germany could see a shortage of 3 million skilled workers by 2030; China, which accounts for about 20 percent of the world’s manufacturing production, will have a high-skilled labor gap of about 24 million by 2020,... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Books
Watkins, an expert on leadership transition, presses his case for “accelerating” the critical transition period that begins when a new CEO — or a new manager at any level — is hired. Watkins estimates that more than a half-million... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Slum for Sale
A NEW VIEW: Slums occupy valuable real estate in India. Photo courtesy HBS India Research Center Located in Mumbai, India, Dharavi is home to an estimated 700,000 people living on just 551 acres. Featured in the 2008 Oscar-winning film... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
No Place Like Home
two-bedroom apartment rents for $1,400, considerably more than 30 percent of an average South End family's income. In Massachusetts as a whole, one recent study estimates that between 1990 and 1997, two hundred thousand more people moved... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 20 Nov 2015
- News
Room to Grow
Despite New England’s long traditions of farming and fishing, only an estimated 5–10 percent of the food consumed in the region is actually produced there. That’s a fact Andrew Kendall (MBA 1988) is working hard to change. “At least 50... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
One-on-One with Jeff Hicks
554, with billings for 2006 estimated at $1 billion. The agency’s client list now includes brands such as Volkswagen, Burger King, and Virgin Atlantic, among others. “The business I loved is the business we’re in now — being completely... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
A Boomtown's Echo
census takers in Watford City, North Dakota—in the far west of the state, 50 miles from the Montana border—counted 1,435 people. Today, that number is estimated to be at least 10,000. A familiar fuel for American boomtowns fed the rapid... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
With a value estimated by Forbes magazine of over $480 million, the team ranks in the top third financially among MLB franchises. Even before last season’s title, the Giants’ fall pennant run yielded 4,000 new season ticket requests.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
connected and on task throughout the day. Here, the agenda is less structured. Most villagers survive on sales of handmade rugs and subsistence farming. But there’s also a tension in the village between a communal way of life and external pressures. With an View Details
- 13 Jul 2017
- News
Making Friends with Mother Nature
years ago, the organization added a distinctive network of elevated walkways, known as Wild Walk, that gives visitors the unique opportunity to experience nature at treetop level. “Everybody loves Wild Walk,” Clifford says. “It’s been a phenomenon. In budgeting for... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli